“Great things can be done by a series of small things brought together.”

 ~Vincent Van Gogh

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

~Aristotle

I am beyond excited to let everyone know that the Community Action Committee of Pike County (CAC) has successfully completed the requirements of the Bronze Tier of the Pathways to Excellence program through the National Community Action Partnership (NCAP).  CAC joins the ranks of a small but growing group recognized for their commitment to building a business framework that reflects the best practices of high-performing Community Action Agencies.

Pathways to Excellence provides agencies like ours with a roadmap for building a more agile, efficient, and resilient organization focused on the kind of results that make a meaningful impact within the communities we serve.  The framework focuses on helping us be the very best we can be regarding how we approach and implement the key systems of Organizational Leadership, Strategic Planning and Direction, Customer, Constituent, and Partner Focus, Measurement, Analysis, and Performance Management, Human Resources Focus, Organizational Process Management, and Organizational Results. Through Pathways to Excellence, CAC strives to infuse continuous quality improvement into all we do and to align our systems, performance, results, leadership and culture in a way that is intentional, impactful, and sustainable for our future.

CAC began its Pathways to Excellence journey in the Fall of 2024 by establishing our excellence foundations, including a formalized commitment from our governing board to pursue excellence, understanding and articulating our agency’s context, and learning about the Standards of Excellence that we will continue to build upon.  CAC completed the requirements for the Bronze Tier in May.

“These achievements reflect an organizational commitment to go beyond compliance by building a mission-focused culture of excellence.  Agencies that participate in Pathways to Excellence strengthen their internal systems, expand their impact, and position themselves as leaders in their communities and the Community Action network.” -Community Action Partnership eNews, July 14, 2025

CAC team members will receive the Bronze Level recognition at the 2025 NCAP Annual Convention held in Detroit at the end of August.  And, while we are thrilled at this accomplishment, it is only the beginning of our excellence journey.  We have set our sights on the Silver Level and will begin working towards that achievement next Spring.